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The former Regional Education Officer (REDO) for Region 8, Annesta Douglas took the stand at the Mahdia School Dorm Commission of Inquiry today and admitted that she never read the fire inspection report on the Mahdia Secondary School Male and Female Dormitories, which was completed months before the deadly fire back in May. She told […]
A one-year-old child who went missing on Wednesday afternoon during a family outing at Top Side Paruima Falls in Region Seven was found dead late last night in the Kamarang River. Family members of the toddler, Romeil Delgado, launched an all night search after he went missing after being left in the care of a […]
The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) discovered and blocked several attempts to hack the Guyana government’s database earlier this year, but the agency denies that there was a successful cyber espionage campaign. This announcement from the National Data Management Authority follows a recent report by Researchers at the Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET. The Researchers identified malicious […]
The 26-year-old truck driver who slammed into a 63-year-old female security guard on Sunday morning, resulting in her death, has been charged for causing death by dangerous driving. The accused, Charria Naitram of Supply, East Bank Demerara, appeared in Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He is accused of driving […]
The Guyana Police Force has revealed that since the start of the year, a total of 171 persons have lost their lives on Guyana’s roadways in traffic accidents and incidents. According to the Public Relations Department of the Police Force, the death toll has been recorded from more than 145 road accidents and incidents. Over […]
A 26-year-old truck driver was taken into custody on Sunday following another fatal accident on the country’s roadways. The accident took place along the Ogle Public Road at around 6:30 on Sunday morning and claimed the life of 63-year-old Security Guard, Patricia Houston. According to a Police statement, the security guard was standing at the […]
The Guyana Fire Service has completed its probe of that fire that gutted a 3-storey apartment building in Charlestown two nights ago. It has been determined that an electrical fault in one of the apartments ignited the blaze. The Fire Service explained today that the blaze was caused by a slack connection to electrical points, […]
Overwhelmed by emotions, the mother of the 5-year-old boy, who was among the 20 children who died in the Mahdia dorm fire, took the stand at the Commission of Inquiry today and provided the Commissioners with horrifying details about the fire. The woman, Carlet Williams, who also worked as the Caretaker at the Dorm, recalled […]
An operator of a Crane lost his life after being crushed by the heavy duty machinery moments after he jumped from it as it flipped while piles were being planted at the construction site for a shore base facility on the East Bank of Demerara. The dead crane operator has been identified as Shawn Joseph. […]
By Svetlana Marshall Chief Fire Officer, Gregory Wickham was roasted this morning over the Fire Service’s poor response to the Mahdia School Dorm fire which claimed the lives of 20 children. The Fire Chief appeared before the Commission of Inquiry and was questioned about the many challenges that faced the Mahdia Fire Station that were […]
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